GIVEWELL UK

Registered charity 1196392 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q141191093

We promote charities that save and improve lives the most per dollar as identified by the U.S. organisation GiveWell. We raise funds on their behalf and make grants to further their life improving and life saving programs.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE REGARDED AS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £965,331 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by a significant increase in donations to £20,450,036. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,078,670 and relies on financial support from its US parent, GiveWell US, which has confirmed it will provide sufficient support to meet liabilities. The trustees and auditors have confirmed the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (32,063 followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elie Hassenfeldchair
• David House
• LUKE DING

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Afghanistan · Angola · Bangladesh · Burkina Faso · Burma · Burundi · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Chad · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Egypt · Eritrea

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GOFUNDME.ORG.UK.

• GOFUNDME.ORG.UK income £227k
• THE WORKWELL TRUST income £79k
• Giving Relief income £41k
• GOODWILL FOUNDATION income £179k
• TRUSTWELL LIMITED income £162k
• LIFEWELL CHURCH income £34k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.